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Jelani McCoy
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McCoy with the Los Angeles D-Fenders in 2008.
Personal information
Born (1977-12-06) December 6, 1977 (age 46)
Oakland, California, U.S.
High school St. Augustine
(San Diego, California)
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
College UCLA (1995–1998)
NBA Draft 1998 / Round: 2 / Pick: 33rd overall
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Pro career 1998–2013
Career history
1998–2001 Seattle SuperSonics
2001–2002 Los Angeles Lakers
2002–2003 Toronto Raptors
2003–2004 Cleveland Cavaliers
2004 Atlanta Hawks
2004–2005 Long Beach Jam
2004–2005 Jiangsu Nangang Dragons
2005–2006 Reggio Calabria
2005–2006 Azovmash Mariupol
2007 Menorca Bàsquet
2007 Santa Barbara Breakers
2007–2008 Denver Nuggets
2007–2008 Los Angeles D-Fenders
2009 Zhejiang Guangsha
2009–2010 Fujian Xunxing
2010–2011 Cáceres 2016
2011 Mets de Guaynabo
2012 Marinos de Anzoátegui
2012 Osos de Guadalajara
Career highlights and awards
  • NBA champion (2002)
  • All-NBADL Third Team (2008)
  • First-team All-Pac-10 (1997)
Career NBA statistics
Points 1,200(4.6 ppg)
Rebounds 921 (3.5 rpg)
Blocks 193 (0.7 bpg)

Jelani Marwan McCoy (born December 6, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'10" power forward/center, he played in the NBA from 1998 to 2007 for the Seattle SuperSonics, Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors, Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks, and Denver Nuggets. He attended college at UCLA and high school at St. Augustine High School in San Diego, California.

College career

In 1998, was UCLA's career leader in blocked shots.

McCoy was suspended in late September 1997 for violating "unspecified" team rules but reinstated three months later.

Professional career

McCoy compiled NBA career averages of 4.7 points and 3.6 rebounds. He was part of the Los Angeles Lakers team that won the 2002 NBA Finals, but he was injured most of the season and was not on their playoff roster.

McCoy played for the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. In five games, McCoy averaged 9 points and 9 rebounds in 21 minutes per game. After averaging 8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4 blocks and 3.5 assists in two games with the D-League's Los Angeles D-Fenders, McCoy was signed during the 2007-08 season in late November 2007 by the Nuggets to fill their depleted frontcourt after players Kenyon Martin, Nenê and Steven Hunter were unavailable due to injuries. Mike Wilks was waived to make room on the roster. On December 19, 2007, he was waived by the Denver Nuggets. McCoy started the 2008-09 preseason with the Los Angeles Clippers, but was waived before the start of the season.

On January 19, 2006, McCoy signed with Italian club Viola Reggio Calabria. In February 2007, he signed with Spanish club Menorca Bàsquet.

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